I hope Zonda wheels are meant to be damn noisy!!

jon1981

Because mine are!!


Hi,

Stuck on a pair of Zondas tonight, wound them up so I could hear the sound. They are damn noisy, I hope that's normal! Stuck up a video so you can hear.

Eamonnator

Sounds right to me.
Mine sound the same.

jon1981

Phew, I didn't want to even think about the hassle in sending them back. To be fair I did see other videos on youtube with similar sounding wheels ,but wanted Boardsie confirmation

OleRodrigo

I like to think of it a futuristic whirr.

stecleary

That's the sound of a good free hub, enjoy

koutoubia

Campag hubs are known for being noisy.
Its the sound of quality.

StevieGriff

Did you not get the controller with the wheels to turn down the freehub volume? I'd return them if you didn't.

jon1981

Now I understand why people say they go faster and smashed all their PBs on these, they are trying to get away from that sound!

Cee-Jay-Cee

Mine are very quiet, barely audible when on the road. I have an older set (2011) on my winter bike boo and they are very quiet also but not as quiet as the 2014 set.

crosstownk

Sounds perfectly normal to me. Mine have sounded exactly like that for the last 6,000km.

I like the sound of them.

jon1981

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Mine are very quiet, barely audible when on the road. I have an older set (2011) on my winter bike boo and they are very quiet also but not as quiet as the 2014 set.

Hearing aid?

CramCycle

If they didn't make noise how would people know how expensive they were before you overtook them

07Lapierre

There quiet compared to my Fast Forward hubs!

mossym

07Lapierre wrote: »

There quiet compared to my Fast Forward hubs!

100% agreed. my ffwd disc is louder.

but louder again are the hubs on my 4za aero wheels. spent a day at a sportive having everyone i passed comment on the noise

manwithaplan

What?

Taxuser1

koutoubia wrote: »

Campag hubs are known for being noisy.
Its the sound of quality.

i've a pair of boras and there isn't a sound off them

Darkglasses

Love a loud freehub, wish mine weren't so quiet

OleRodrigo

The purr of purrfection..

...I'll get my coat

sy

Real cyclists never hear a freewheeling hub

CramCycle

sy wrote: »

Real cyclists never hear a freewheeling hub

Too busy riding on the track :pac:

mossym

sy wrote: »

Real cyclists never hear a freewheeling hub

real cyclists go up hills steep enough that hearing one is inevitable

Lumen

mossym wrote: »

real cyclists go up hills steep enough that hearing one is inevitable

Can you teach me how to freewheel up steep hills?

mossym

Lumen wrote: »

Can you teach me how to freewheel up steep hills?

Unless it's a one way trip what goes up....

Plus I never said I was a real cyclist.

PaddyFagan

jon1981 wrote: »

Phew, I didn't want to even think about the hassle in sending them back. To be fair I did see other videos on youtube with similar sounding wheels ,but wanted Boardsie confirmation

I can't believe no one has suggested the obvious, you need a second set for a true comparison

Paddy

jon1981

PaddyFagan wrote: »

I can't believe no one has suggested the obvious, you need a second set for a true comparison

Paddy

Perhaps I should get a new bike for the ultimate comparison?

PaddyFagan

jon1981 wrote: »

Perhaps I should get a new bike for the ultimate comparison?

Probably for the best :cool:

Paddy

mossym

jon1981 wrote: »

Perhaps I should get a new bike for the ultimate comparison?

One is no good. You could end up with one quiet. One noisy . you still wouldn't know which was right. Only option is to get 2 new bikes so you can tell properly.

OleRodrigo

mossym wrote: »

One is no good. You could end up with one quiet. One noisy . you still wouldn't know which was right. Only option is to get 2 new bikes so you can tell properly.

As long as the new bike, or new wheelset, isnt used for try-athlon, things should be alright.

I heard of this guy, mate of mate of a mate kinda thing, who used a new set of Zondas on a Triathlon. Minutes into the 'biking' section they started making this god awful racket, unlike anything he'd ever heard before. Afterwards an inspection found nothing wrong, they were working perfectly.

Legend was the Zondas were wailing in anguish at the sheer indignity of it all..at this diabolical misuse.True story.

mossym

Wow. The made up story is actually worse than the awful effort at trolling. 2/10 and that's generous.

Keep trying though.

OleRodrigo

Ah go on. 3/10 and we'll call it a deal.

mossym

OleRodrigo wrote: »

Ah go on. 3/10 and we'll call it a deal.

Ah go on so.